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Egypt irked by Erdogan’s comments on Palestinians

July 26, 2014

Egypt will summon the Turkish charge d’affaires in protest of comments made by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who accused Egypt of lacking a sincere approach to the Palestinian issue, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Erdogan made the comments in a recent interview with broadcaster CNN. The most senior Turkish diplomat in Egypt was already summoned earlier this month after Erdogan called Egypt’s President an “illegitimate tyrant”.